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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-29

wondered at the madness which had
possessed her.
For the colonel was Enthusiastically thu
worse for wine. She had not noticed
this fact before leaving home, but the
strong fumes OF his breath, as he bent
Familiarity down to speak 10 her, and
his half.maudlin love talk soon dis
gusted her.
"Take me home, sir, she command
ed, as soon as she became fully aware
OF the situation.
But she might as well have uttered
her commands to the wind.
The colonel persisted in prolonging
the sleigh ride through street after
street, and pouring his unwelcome pro-
testations OF love into her disguised
ears until, in sheer desperation, she
seized the reins with her own hands,
and vowed that she would call for
help IL he did not at once return.
"And it will be the last time" she
muttered to herself in bitter re.
pentance, "that will ever play fast
and loose with Gerald Cosgrove."
Ayl so it will Miss Flossie, but that
decision does not rest entirely in your
own fair hands.
In sullen silence the colonel drove
homeward, while Flossie sat erect and
still, with angrily flushed cheeks and
flashing eyes.
Just as they reached the door an
other sleigh drew up, and in the gen.
tleman who alighted from it Flossie
recognized Mr.. Cosgrove, with thrill
of delighted surprise.
"Oh, Gerald" she cried, as, scorning
the colonel's offered hand she sprung
out unassisted, and laid her hand up
on his, sure as ever OF his pardon.
"Oh, Gerald, forgive me! did not in
tend But ] will explain it all by and
by. l never spent such o horrible
evening in my life!" with a scornful
glance towards the colonels fast-re-
treating sleigh. But Why Lucia"
she broke off in astonishment, as she
perceived that Gerald was not alone.
Eyes, is is Lucia" replied Gerald
coolly, as he tenderly lifted out the
graceful little form. ave have had
most delightful sleigh ride. Sorry you
did not enjoy yourself. But | must
ask you to congratulate me, Miss
Flossie, for your cousin Lucia has
promised to be my wife"
We shall not attempt to portray
the feelings OF the willful, but now
checkmated beauty, nor all that poor
Lucia had to endure from her angry
cousin between that sleigh ride and her
wedding day.
But we do know that the bitterest
disappointment of one life, and the
greatest happiness OF two Others, dated
from the evening OF those two eventful
sleigh rides.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-29
A Poets Precocious Offspring

Juanita Miller, the 6-year-old daugh.
ter of Joaquin Miller, the poet, is an
unusually interesting little maiden,
gifted by nature with a truly remark
able memory. She can repeat without
changing or misplacing single word,
every line which her father has ever
written. This is not done in parrot
fashion, as would be the case with most
children. Her defamation is clear.
comprehensive and charming in every
respect She has a quaint manner and
an odd way Of making observations up.
on people and things which evinces
thought far beyond her years As a
matter Of course. she is the special
pride and admiration of her father. who
never tires of dsecanting upon her per-
fections and achievements. Juanita
and her mother are passing the winter
with Joaquin Miller at his log cabin.
between the Boundary and Sixteenth
street. Washington.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-29

thunder Of the Falls was again shaking
the earth as before, and the river and
rapids were again tho seething, whirl
ing. irresistible torrent Of old. The
ice in the lake had shifted again, and
some time in the night the long-re.
strained volume Of water had rushed
down and claimed its own"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-29
COLLEGE WAR CRIES.
Tho whoops and the shouts Used b,
Different Students.


One Of the college papers has com
piled list and history of college cheers.
According to it the original shouts Of
the colleges were n repetition Of the
name of the college. This gave an ad-
vantage to the colleges which had sono-
rous names. and as the constant aim OF
cheering is to make more noise than
the other cheerers, new yells were
evolved by process of evolution.
These came into existence a quarter OF
a century ago. when Yale and Harvard
had their boat races on Lake Quins'g
mond, when the 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!
thrice repeated was first heard. Har-
ward sounded the 'Rahs full. and added
Harvard, pronounced so that the ar
and clipped d were all that were
heard. yale" was added TO the New
Haven colleges 'Rahs with long howl
on the n.
Princeton's cheer was developed soon
after as Princeton came into athletic re-
lations with the other colleges. They
took the three 'Rahs for basis, and
added the skyrocket siz-boom-ah, which
they hold on to as long as the nine
'Rahs of their opponents hold out, and
then yell princeton as u calliope eli
max. Dartmouth has one of the most
novel cheers of all. Some Indian must
have invented it, and stout college
lungs gave it the right inilatus. 1t is
Wah hoo-wah! Wah- hoo-wah Dlddy,
diddy, Dartmouth Wah-hoo-wah! 1t
is very picturesque. and only a sopho.
more can Wah-hoo to the best advan-
vantage. The hoois like human owls
boot.
Everybody has heard of Columbia's
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Column
b-i-a! The name spells out rithmically.
John Hopkins University at Baltimore
has taken the ground plan of the cheer
and built upon it, adding John Hop
k-i-n-s, instead of Columbia. Ste
vens Institute at Hoboken, and Union
College at Schenectady have similar
cheers.
Rutgers has cheer almost as origin
al as Dartmouth's 1t is 'Rah! Rah!
Rah! Bow-wow-wow. Rutgers! Will
liams has an enhancing and resonant
'Rah! Rah! Rah! Willyams! yams!
yams! Pennsylvania University has q
wild Philadelphia cheer without any
special charm. 1t is the three 'Rahs
and Penn-syl-van-i-ah! The College of
the CITY of New York cheer better.
They say 'Rah three times and add g!
ClNlY!
Cornell has a cheer that once heard
cannot be forgotten. II is like tho
rhyme of the passenjaire, 1t is given
with proper emphasis only in times of
excitement. Hero it is: Cornell! Cor
nelll Cor-cor cornell! Iyell like -!
Enrnallf
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-29
THE PUGiLiSTS.
sullivan Says Good Fighter Must
Have Brains.

In answer to the question "What are
the essentials OF good iighter|
! Sullivan said:
"Pluck, skill, endurance and good
head on his shoulders. said the gladi-
ator. Il tell you, sir, man fights
with his head almost as much as he
does with his fists. He must know
where to send his blows so they may do
the most good. lie must economize
his strength, and not score hit just
for the sake Of scoring It,"
what portion of your antagonist 8
body do you aim at when you are in the
ringp"
II endcavor," said Sullivan, ito hit
my man above the heart, or under the
chin, or behind the ear. A man wears
out pretty soon if one can keep ham
meriLg away in the region of the heart;
blow under the chin or behind the
ear will knock out man quicker than
hundred blows on the cheek or any
other portion of the face.
you can tell when your man is
giving in?'
Certainly can said the puglis,,
II watch his eyes, and know at once
when the punishment is beginning to
tell on him. And when talk to a
man before | stand up before him at
all | can make up my mind whether
he is fighter or not There is more
intelligence required in this business
than outsiders give us credit for"
"Can you remember any case where
yon brought any special tactics into
play?'
yes" said John l.. 81 just happen
to remember one circumstance, and
I'll tell you of it. A young and pretty
clever boxer-I won't mention his
name now-undertook to stand up be-
fore me for four rounds. Now, |
wanted to give the public a good show
for their moneys worth. so | allowed
the young man to hammer away to his
hearts content. When. after the
second round. was being sponged of
in my corner | said to my second,
About half minute before this next
round is over YOU call out John"
loud enough for me to hear you.
Time was called, and after few passes
/ rushed in and laid my head upon that
young mans breast and let him belt
away at me as hard as he could. The
audience checred because they thought
he was knocking Inc out, sure, but at
that close range his blows hurt me
about as much us you could now by
fibbing me on the top of the head with
soft glove. There lay, as snug as
you please, taking great deal of
amusement out of the enthusiasm of
the audience. Presently my second,
who had kept his eyes upon his watch,
called out John then | stepped
back and landed my young man one
under the ear, and that was the last of
him
"Do you train for those llghts"
mo" said the pugilist, emphatically.
II know better than TO waste my
vitality in flaming. lie in bed until
ten o'clock in the morning, read all the
papers. smoke a cigar, take cup of
black coffee, then get up and have my
bath and breakfast. Now, when l
meet man that l think is going to
give me some trouble l will train. but
| have not met that man yet" added
the pugilist, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Bee.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-29
A Plucky Widow i'm New Orleans
Builds Up n Profitable Trade.

Down on Chartres street there is O
fourishing factory, running an engine
OF eighteen horse power and employ
ing thirty-iive men, women and boys,
that has been established, built up,
and is now under the sole direction
and supervision OF clever, plucky
woman, says the New Orleans Times
Democrat. Ten years ago this lady's
husband died, leaving her utterly I'M
provided for, with large family OF
children to support. In just such des-
perate circumstances has many
mother had to face the world, but
there are few unfortunately who have
the energetic determination OF this lit
tie widow.
Her husband had been box-mak.
er, employing q number OF Northern
hands, from whom his wife had learn
ed every department ofthe trade, little
guessing when she sat up ut night to
help the girls out in the work given
them by the peice that this same
knowledge would one day stand her in
such good stead. But so it was, for
after failure in business after a long
Illness, the husband died, leaving debt
instead OF money to his family.
Something had to be done, shesays,
and that done quickly, for there was
not money enough ahead to pay even
the SO rent for the attic in which they
lived. A brave heart and high cour-
age that refused to be daunted helped
her to decide on turning her knowledge
OF box.making to practical account,
and, way upstairs in the flat.roofed,
crowded garrett, she began her work,
making herself every variety OF paper
box the market demands.
She went around to the wholesale
confectioners, druggists, shoe shops.
milliners, every business house that
used large quantities OF these pack
ing cases, soliciting patronage and
meeting with marked success, be-
ing another grateful woman, to
testify to the universal courtesy, kind
ness, and goodwill New Orleans peo-
pie show to the working class. So
many orders did she receive that in q
few months she was ableto double the
space occupied and descend one story.
Another year went by, and the trade
having grown to large and flourishing
proportions, warranting another in
crease, the third floor was added, and
this factory was no longer an expert
ment, but an establishment ofreputa-
ton.
The successful manager Travelled for
her house, getting orders from all parts
OF Louisiana, and going on drumming
tours through Texas that always re-
suited in large increase OF patrons.
A TACT OF which she seemed to be most
proud was that when she once secured
customer they were hers always.
Two large houses she mentioned here
in the city, that had first given her
work had never wavered; she makes
hundreds OF boxes for them to-day.
Three years passed, and at last the
cautious head saw her business guar
anteed, adding the fourth and ground
floor to the three Others, now too
crowded.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-29

According to Chicago railroad man anu
Chicago reporter, It is becoming fashionable
for young men Of the Lake CITY TO kiss each
other vigorously when they part or meet again
The railroad man says Il makes him sick 70
see the foolA Ittakes more than thIs 10 make
reporter sick.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-29
Violas Prayer was Answered.

Viola's Prayer was Answered
A little girl named Viola Jones adj
dressed letter to the MAR" of Wash
ington. The District Commissioners,
on opening the missive, found that Il
contained pathetic appeal in behalf Of
the little girls father, inquirlng why it
was her father, who had served through
the war, could not get a pension. The
epistle closed by stating that her father
was sick and too poor to employ law
yer. Within week after the receipt Of
the letter the Commissioners were no.
titled that pension had been issued
with a full allowan &C Of back pay
Indianapolis Journal.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-29

II Is estimated that the material contained
In the Chinese wall would build a wall around
the world slx feet high and two feet thick It's
cost was probably equal TO that Ct al the 100
600 miles Of railroad IN the United states
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-29

Meanwhile, another sleigh was flying
along the fashionable drives OF the
city, in which sat Flossie Ringgoid and
the gallant Colonel Waterson.
But the brilliant belle was scarcely
her own bewitching self this evening.
She was unusually silent and dull;
for. to tell the truth, her heart was
sorely troubled.
Not that she doubted her power
over Gerald. nor that she felt any
sorrow for having tricked him so
shamefully.
But, when she reflected upon the
character and manners OF the man
for whose disaereeable company she
had risked Gerald's displeasure, she
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
How Animals Practice Medicine.

Animals get rid of their parasites by
using dust, mud, clay, etc. Those suf-
fering from fever restrict their diet, keep
quiet, seek dark. airy places. drink wa
ter and sometimes plunge into it. When
dog has lost its appetite it eats that
species of grass known as dogs grass.
which acts rs an emetic and purga-
tive. Cats also eat grass. Sheep and
cows, when i'll, seek out certain herbs.
An animal suffering from chronic rheu-
matism always keeps. as far as possible.
in the sun. The warrior ants have
regularly organized ambulances. Lat
reille cut the antenne of the ant, and
other ants came and covered the wound
ed part with a transparent fluid secret
ed from their mouths. If a chimpanzee
is wounded, it stops the bleeding by
placing its hand on the wound or dress
ing it with leaves and grass. When the
animal has wounded leg or arm hang
ing on, it completes the amputation oy
means of its teeth. A dog, on being
stung in the muzzle by viper. was OBJ
served to plunge its head repeatedly for
several days into running water. This
animal eventually recovered. A sport
ing dog was run over by carriage.
During three weeks in winter it remain
ed lying in brook, where its food was
taken to it. This animal recovered. A
terrier hurt its right eye. 1t remained
under a counter, avoiding light and
heat, although it habitually kept close
to the fire. it adopted general treat
ment, rest and abstinence from food.
The local treatment consisted in licking
the upper surface of the paw. which it
applied to the wounded eye; again lick
ing the paw when it became dry. AMI
mails suffering from traumatic fever
treat themselves by the continued APP
plication of cold water. which NJ. De-
ianney considers to be more certain
than any of the other methods. In view
of these interesting facts we are, he
thinks, forced to admit that hygiene
and therapeutics AS practiced by ami
mails may. in the interest of psychology,
be studied with advantage.
Many physicians have been keen OBJ
servers of animals. their diseases, and
the methods adopted by them in their
efforts to cure themselves, and have
availed of the knowledge SO brought
under their observation in their practice,
--NeIO Orleans RcaVune. a.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
Caslight ana Badness.

The causes of badness have often
been sought for and guessed a., but it
can not be said that any satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION has, up to the present time,
been given. 1t is now discovered by a
New York hairdresser, who says: ''Peo-
pie give all kinds of explanation for it
dissipation, cutting the halr too short,
letting it grow too long, smoking,
drinking strong coffee. worry, wearing
high hats, wearing low hats, wearing
your hat indoors, not wearing it out
doors, late hours. and n hundred other
things. Now you will notice there are
no classes of men more frequently bald
than retail statesmen, bookkeepcrs. and
Office clerks in certain lines of business.
Why should badness affect them more
than others? Because they habitually
stand or sit nearly every evening under
gaslights. Bookkeepers always have
strong light right over their heads or
just in front of them. So do clerks who
have to work9at night. Retail sales
men sell goods ut night directly under
two powerful burners. and most of the
time their heads are not more than two
or three feet from the flame. The ar
tificial heat dries out the hair, makes it
brittle and unhealthy, and finally kills
it at the root. If you will pass your
hand through your hair after you have
been standing under gaslight for q
few moments, you will see at once how
it is. Although you may not have no
ticed the heat on your head, your hair.
if you've got any, will be hot to the
roots. You'll be surprised, too, at what
a distance from the light the hair will
absorb the heat, Now there is nothing
so bad for the HAIR as getting itlry.
That is why the use of water on it is SO
njurious-because it evaporates so read
lily and takes with it the natural oil of
the hair Your hair should be moist all
the time and with the oil that is secreted
by the little cells at the roots. When
the oil is continually and rapidly dried
out, as it is when the headeis Kept heated
by gaslight the cell dries up and the
hair falls out. People who sit under
the gaslight should wear some kind of
a cool, non-conducting headgear to pro-
tect themselves. have an idea, too,
that after the electric light has been in
universal use for generation or two
badness will be rs scarce as it was be-
fore gaslight and night-work got COM
mon together. "-ElcctricaL World
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
WIT AND HUMOR.

Representatives Cobb and Laird hav.
ing fought, it is now proposed to place
them on the pension list-Macon Teie-
graph. 0
Miss Braddon is writing tale en-
titled Engaged in Haste. Il is prob
ably a satire on the messenger boys
Life.
There is a place in Pennsylvania
called Economy" 1t is probably
snmmer-resort for editors. -Ae1o H1ren
Ne10S.
"Garmenls without buttons" are ad.
vertlsed. We've got 'em. and so has
every other bachelor HaUen
NetoS.
There are 1.027 women over 100 years
of age in Paris; at least there are that
number of women in the ballet of the
grand opera.-ke5o Hagcn Nes0s.
When it comes to discussing money
ed men newspaper man depends
entirely upon his Imagination and does
beautiful work. -.Mtnnedpotis Tribune.
The Sphinx was woman. or at least
a creature with the body of lion and
the head of woman. That solves the
mystery and all is clear-she is Jealous
ly hiding the secret of her age Teas
SytingS.
The female bather at Newport goes
right out of the water aud reports to
Mrs. Howe the moment she sees some
one in the water who does not belong
to her set, or who has not been intro
duced.-Neao Orleans Ptcayune.
"Were you 1.-THE sociable last night?"
YES. and Ispent very pleasant evens
ing" Il heard Miss X was to sing
there. / suppose you enjoyed thatP"
Ever so much. She had sore throat
and couldn't sing" = Philadelphia
Call.
Prof Dryasdust-Have you read my
essayP Noted Scientist--Yes. and with
much profit You understood it,
thenP" 30, easily" We'll. well, /
did hope It would not be such a failure
as that. | intended it for the Con-
cord School of Philosophy ~ Omaha
World.
DIR. Gimlet returns empty-handed from
a DAVIS hunting. and in response to his
wife's inquiries candidly confesses that
he killed nothing. Why" retorts Mrs.
G., slowly, ..you could have done bet
ter than that had you staid at home and
attended to your regular business. ~
Iou'sz CStizsa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
Life in Alaska.

The stagnation of the life in Alaska
is almost uncomfortable. The summer
tourist can hardly realize 1t because he
brings TO the settlement the only variety
1t knows. and this comes so seldom
once or twice a month-that the popu-
lation arises as man and rejoices so
long rs the steamer is in port Please
to picture this people after the excite
ment is over, subsiding into a comatose
state and remaining in il until the next
boat heaves in sights One feels ones
self mechanically; takes ones constitu-
tional along the shore or over one OF
the goat paths that strike inland, nod
ding now and again to the familiar
faces that seem never to change in ex-
pression--except during tourists hours
and then repairs to that bed which
is the salvation of the solitary, for sleep
and oblivion arc the good angels that
brood over it. In summer the brief
night-barely forty winks in length
is so silvery and soft that it is a delight
10 sit up in it even if one is quito alone.
Lights and shadows play with one
another and are reflected in sea and
sky until the eve is almost dazzled with
the singular loneliness of the scene.
believe if were banished to Alaska
would 'eep in the daytime, say from 8
a. III. to p M, and revel in the wake
full beauty of the other hours.
But the winter. and the endless night
Of winterl When the sun sets in dis
enlargement at or 4 o'clock in the
afternoon and rises with faint heart
and q pale face at 10 or IL in the fore
noon; when even high noonn is un-
worthy Of the name, for the dull lumin-
AIRY having barely got above the fence
at II o'clock, backs out of 1t and sinks
again into the blackness of darkness
which it is destined to endure for at least
two-thirds of the four-and-twenty.
Since the moon is no more obliging TO
the Alaskans than the sun is, what is
poor fellow to doP He can watch the
aurora until his eyes ache; he can sit
over game of cards and glass of
toddy-you can always get the latter up
there: he can trim his lamp and chat
with his chams and fill Ills pipe over
and over again, but the night mean
while thickens and the time begins 10
lag; he looks at his watch to find it is
only 9 p. M. and there are twelve
hours between him and daylight Let
ter IN San Francisco Chronicle.